Based on the events surrounding the assassination in 1792 of King Gustav III of Sweden, but set in colonial Boston, Verdi’s Masked Ball takes creative license in re-framing history by adding the usual dramatic trappings we love in opera: the characterizations, the romance, the fortune-telling, etc.
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)
Un Ballo in maschera (1859)
Opera in three acts, Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
PRINCIPAL CAST
Plácido Domingo – Riccardo, Earl of Warwick and governor of Boston
Katia Ricciarelli – Amelia, wife of Renato
Renato Bruson – Renato, Riccardo's secretary, best friend and confidant
Edita Gruberová – Oscar, Riccardo's page
Elena Obraztsova – Ulrica, a fortune-teller
Coro e Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala
Chorus Master – Romano Gandolfi
Conductor – Claudio Abbado
Deutsche Grammophon – 2740 251 (Released in 1981)
Synopsis - https://www.opera-arias.com/verdi/un-ballo-in-maschera/synopsis/
Libretto - https://www.opera-arias.com/verdi/un-ballo-in-maschera/libretto/
Discogs - https://www.discogs.com/release/9791202-Giuseppe-Verdi-Placido-Domingo-Katia-Ricciarelli-Renato-Bruson-Elena-Obraztsova-Edita-Gruberova-Rugg
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